Labor’s justice spokeswoman, Ella Haddad, said it was a great outcome on the back of the marriage equality vote that won’t diminish the rights of others.

Liberal Attorney-General Elise Archer said there are still major issues with the bill.

“This amended bill contains legally untested, unconsulted and highly problematic changes that we could not support,” she said in a statement.

Despite Labor backing the Tasmanian bill, Mr Shorten said that the ALP has “no plans” to remove gender markers from birth certificates or other identifying documents if elected, according to The Australian.

Activist groups have praised the decision as a big step for the transgender community. Picture: SuppliedSource:istock

“No, no … it’s nonsense, no plans to do that,” he told reporters last month.

“The relative number of people who are trans is about 1200 people in Australia. That’s about one in every 200,000.

“That’s important for them but I just wonder why conservatives get so obsessed by other people’s sexuality.”

Another bill was also passed to extend Tasmania’s anti-discrimination hate speech laws to include “gender expression” and ensure transgender people had their correct names and honorifics used.

The amendments come as part of a bill that puts an end to transgender people having to divorce before than can get their gender changed on official documents.

The proposed changes must still pass Tasmania’s upper house of mostly independents before becoming law.